Client: Forestry Commission Bedgebury National Pinetum, located in Kent covers over 800 hectares. Prior to the introduction of new visitor facilities the Pinetum was known as a specialist arboretum which had limited appeal amongst the visitor market with a poor...
Audience Development Heritage Lottery Fund, RSPB Rainham Marshes Visitor Centre
Client: RSPB We carried out visitor and community research to produce an Audience Development Plan for Rainham, Wellington and Aveley Marshes RSPB Nature Reserve for a Heritage Lottery Grant Application. This represented one the RSPB’s first urban nature reserves. The...
HLF business planning consultancy project Ditherington Flax Mill Maltings, Shrewsbury
Client: Shropshire Council Ditherington Flax Mill Maltings located in Shrewsbury is a unique and internationally important site which has recently been awarded £12.8 million in HLF funding. It contains seven listed buildings including the first cast-iron framed...
Visitor Management Plan, Caldicot Castle and Country Park
Client: Monmouthshire County Council PSC was commissioned to produce a visitor management plan for Caldicot Castle and Country Park, important heritage and recreation site. Built between the 12th and 14th centuries Caldicot Castle is a Grade I listed building. It...
Country Park Visitor Research
Client Buckinghamshire Council PSC were commissioned by Buckinghamshire Council to advise on developing a programme of face-to-face visitor research across three of their parks – Black Park, Langley Park and Denham Country Park. Our work included developing the...
Seaside Town Regeneration in Wales
Client: Welsh Government Working with Wavehill Planning Solutions Consulting carried out an evaluation of the local impact and value for money of seaside town projects and programmes within the five Strategic Regeneration Areas along the coast of Wales. Our work...
Primary research, Steart Peninsula, Somerset
Clients: Bristol Port Company, RSPB and Wetland and Wildfowl Trust The Steart Peninsula project is related to the creation of over 400 hectares of intertidal wetland habitat nature reserve. This has been achieved through managed realignment involving removal of part...
The Novium – operational review, Chichester
Client: Chichester District Council The Novium is museum located in the heart of Chichester which opened in 2012 and it is an important heritage, community and education resource. One of the key features of the visitor experience are the remains of the Roman baths of...
Heritage Lottery Fund Business Plan and Operational Review, Snibston Museum, Coalville, Leicestershire
Snibston is a leading museum managed by Leicestershire County Council. Working with the internal project team we were commissioned to carry out a market feasibility study and operational review to support a funding bid to the Heritage Lottery Fund. Work included a...